Dead zone off the Alabama coast larger than Rhode Island this year - al.com

Chisom Emeghiebo of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Dr. Jill Tupitza of Louisiana State University take a surface bucket sample for chlorophyll analysis, phytoplankton analysis/cell counts, suspended particulate matter, and nutrient analysis. Louisiana researchers aboard the RV Pelican cruised "dead zones" of low dissolved oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico in July. (Photo courtesy Cassandra Glaspie, LUMCON/LSU)Cassandra Glaspie

Patric Garmeson, a charter fishing captain, remembers “hundreds if not thousands” of dead bull redfish washed up in Bon Secour Bay in the spring of 2022.

“When you set up a fishing trip, and then you realize that you’re in a dead zone, it can affect morale,” said Garmeson of Ugly Fishing.

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